Category Archives: Since I met Andy

The Great Lakeland 3Day is an Ourea Events run, an annual early May Bank Holiday event taking place in a different location each year. Runners have their overnight kit transported each day to the next campsite where an event village … Continue reading →

Moors The Merrior. 10th December 21.12 miles 1,231 m of ascent. 5 hours 12.56 minutes, 14:48 minute miles. Joint 80th of 160 finishers 31st lady and 5th FV50 Snowy underfoot, a few snow flurries but a dry day really, a little … Continue reading →

Baron strawberry can make tea with leaves.  Common sorrel red flowers like dock leaves, use on salads. Starts rounded too then comes to a point as it grows, like an arrow head. Dock leaves have a red tinge. Selenide similar … Continue reading →

4th March. St Bees to Ennerdale. 14.6 miles in 4 hours 1517 minute 30 average mile881 m of ascent, 799m decent. Trains to St Bees luckily we got an earlier connection so arrived an hour earlier at 2:34. We still had to walk a … Continue reading →

Saturday 10th October. Hardmoors virtual Fryupdale marathon. 31.6 miles, 7 hours 20 (average 13.55 minutes per mile), 1,030m of ascent (32.6m of ascent per mile). We checked into the Yorkshire Cycle Hub and headed down the drive to the road … Continue reading →

Training for the 55 was going slowly. September started well with a Yorkshire three peaks run and Great North Run virtual half marathon. We then had two weeks in Dorset and my hope of getting out and running a minimum … Continue reading →

Monday 25th May9amBIRTHDAY LOCKDOWN TRIATHLON51 PRESS UPs on my toes51 miles CYCLE on turbo trainer in the front garden 2:02:5551 km RUN around the block, 90 times!! 7:03:40 31.69 mi 2,904 ft Took just over 9 hours, £3,400 raised in … Continue reading →

Sunday 10th October. Bus to Leeds train station, train to Kirkby Stephen, 14.21 miles, 4 hours 50 mins 13. 741 m ascent We caught the 8:02 bus from The Marsh to Leeds city centre. We then had 30 minutes to … Continue reading →

27th Sunday October. Hayle to Portreath. 12.4 miles, 2 hours 54 mins and 37. 666m of ascent 2 became 1am giving us an hour extra in bed. We’d given up on Shutter Island last night as it was a bit random with … Continue reading →

Suggested programme from the 6am Start Ben Nevis. Pony track. 11am Finish Ben Nevis and start drive to Scafell Pike (six hour drive). 5pm Arrive and start climbing Scafell Pike (Wasdale Head) 9pm Finish. Scafell Pike and start drive to Snowdon … Continue reading →

Tuesday 20th August Leeds-Manchester-Munich-Belgrade-Novi SadThe alarm rang at 4am and we were in the car and heading to Manchester Airport by 4:20. It was a smooth hour long journey. We parked within 10 minutes walking distance of Terminal 1, luckily the rain was … Continue reading →

Monday 24th June New Pudsey to Manchester airport by train 06:26 to 08:07 Flight TK1994 to Istanbul 10:40 to 16:50. We walked to New Pudsey station and I’d not realised how overgrown the path by the field was. The rain overnight meant my trousers … Continue reading →

24th to 26th May 2019, Hull to Helmsley Where to begin! It was a warm start along the river from the centre of Hull westwards towards the official start of the Wolds Way. The ‘joy’ of a hard surface to … Continue reading →

Friday 19th April. 6 hours 40. 22 miles. 847m scent. Windermere to Howgill Escape near Crock of LunnWith Kipper, Martin, Bill and Andy we caught the 08:01 train from Pudsey to Preston and on to Oxenholme but missed the onward train to … Continue reading →

1st April Monday. Helmsley to Levisham. 28.61 miles, 7 hours 10. (15:02 minute miles) 1,081m of ascent. Kipper will be staying with Tim and Lisa Chia Charge for the week so we dropped his things off at their work unit … Continue reading →

Where to start! The drive from Bob’s house near Exeter in Devon to the registration at the Eco park on the outskirts of Porthtowan should have taken 1 hour 45. It seemed strange that however far we drove the satnav … Continue reading →

Memories from the week Jo Barrett at Middleton All The Pennine Ladies https://www.facebook.com/groups/OfficialSpineGroup/permalink/2359191780979276/ Alston Checkpoint staff boggy https://www.facebook.com/groups/OfficialSpineGroup/permalink/2359030104328777/ Lung challenge https://www.facebook.com/groups/OfficialSpineGroup/permalink/2359180504313737/

Friday, the 14th of December Up at five out of the house by quarter past and had a straight forward hour’s drive to Manchester airport. We were booked into the Meet & Greet parking, luckily Andy found the confirmation email … Continue reading →

Sunday 2nd Drive to Marazion via Creedy.   I took Kipper round the block as Andy packed the car and we were off by 8:15. I slept on and off as we headed south. We stopped once and I put up … Continue reading →

 No 1. Blackcurrant and liquorice, 26th May, just yum! 8/10 Aj’s Fun Food Factory, 8 Marine Parade, Whitby YO21 3PR. Andy chose me two different flavours as I was in the camper van stuck in traffic trying to get over … Continue reading →

We woke at 5:15. The fire was out but our frozen water remained unfrozen. Cold outside but we got going by 6:20. A long steady down to Garrigill and gentle walk along the river to Alston. We started with yak … Continue reading →

Breakfast was laid out for us. Cereals and toast. We made sandwiches too. Stunning morning walking on fresh snow over the wall as the day began to dawn. We didn’t need head torches. Over the Moors there were a few … Continue reading →